UTF8 encoded php mail function

create a php mail function that can handle UTF8 characters across most email readers.

The problem with the php mail is that it does not encode the names and subjects and they could get lost in the transport or be misinterpreted from the email readers. This function actually does the proper encoding and overcomes the php mail deficiency.
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function UTF8_mail($from,$to,$subject,$message,$cc=”",$bcc=”"){
$from = explode(”<”,$from );
$headers =“From: =?UTF-8?B?”.base64_encode($from[0]).”?= <”. $from[1] . “\r\n”;
$to = explode(”<”,$to );$to = “=?UTF-8?B?”.base64_encode($to[0]).”?= <”. $to[1] ;
$subject=”=?UTF-8?B?”.base64_encode($subject).”?=\n”;
if($cc!=”"){$cc = explode(”<”,$cc );$headers .= “Cc: =?UTF-8?B?”.base64_encode($cc[0]).”?= <”. $cc[1] . “\r\n”;}
if($bcc!=”"){$bcc = explode(”<”,$bcc );$headers .= “Bcc: =?UTF-8?B?”.base64_encode($bcc[0]).”?= <”. $bcc[1] . “\r\n”;}
$headers .=“Content-Type: text/plain; ”. “charset=UTF-8; format=flowed\n”. “MIME-Version: 1.0\n”. “Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit\n”. “X-Mailer: PHP\n”;
return mail($to, $subject, $message, $headers);
}
UTF8_mail(“Γιω�?γος Κοντοπουλος ”,“First Last ”,“Θέμα Subject”,“Κείμενο Text”,“”,“Κ�?υφός Φίλοςhidden_friend@email.com”);
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All this function is accomplishing is to encode each
Name
to
=?UTF-8?B?zpzOuc+HzrHOu863z4I=?= email@domain.com

The emails themselves don’t need to be encoded since an email conventionally can only consist of of latin characters but, we could also confuse the mail server if we did encode them.